My story, “Family Matters,” features another of my female sleuths: Hoboken-based private investigator David McQueen. It appears in Murder New York Style from L&L Dreamspell–along with twenty other great stories set in the New York/TriState area.

I enjoy writing Flash Fiction too. Telling a story in less than 1000 words is a challenge and it’s fun.

I hope you enjoy these. Click on the story title to read the story–and you’re welcome to print them out.

“Change of Heart” won first prize in Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine’s 2005 Flash Fiction contest. It appeared in the May – June 2006 issue.

“Turnabout” appeared in the September – October 2006 issue of Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine.

“Death Gig” first appeared in Flashing in the Gutters, the ezine that featured all Flash Fiction, all the time, and is sadly now defunct. “Death Gig” was reprinted in the Fall 2007 online issue of B. J. Bourg’s Mouth Full of Bullets.

“Photo Op” first appeared in Flashing in the Gutters.

Non-Fiction

Starting in July 2008 and running through August, I guested on some of my friends’ blogs. Click on the specific titles (in quotation marks) to read my guest blogs, now archived on my site, and click on the names of the blogs (in italics) to visit the sites where I guested. My hosts all have wonderful blog sites and it’s fun to check in and see what’s new.

“A Moving Experience,” Cozy Chicks–July 26, 2008.
Guys and woman have different approaches to navigating, as a day spent helping my son move into his new place proved.

“Standing at the Crossroads,” Writers Plot–August 2, 2008.
Why first novels often just come pouring out.

“Writing Lesson Number One: To Thine Own Self Be True,” Another Writer’s Life–August 10, 2008.
How my sleuth got cured of her weepiness.

“Cure for a Crush,” Jungle Red–August 13, 2008.
A classics professor and his decades-younger wife . . . my impulse to take up the electric guitar: there’s actually a connection.

“Desperately Seeking,” The Stiletto Gang–August 15, 2008.
Why young protagonists give an author more scope.

“The Evil That Men Do: What Villains Reveal About Their Creators’ Personalities,” Poe’s Deadly Daughters–August 23, 2008.
Are your favorite authors law-and-order nuts or go-with-the-flow liberals? Maybe their villains hold the key to their inner selves.

“Why There Aren’t More Joan Jets,” Cats and Crime and Rock and Roll–August 27, 2008.
Why the female personality doesn’t lend itself to guitar fanaticism the way the male personality does.